Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-05
BLASTED on GLASS.
SECRETS OF A PROCESS OF WHICH
LITTLE IS KNOWN.

LITTLE IS KNOWN.
An Art Manufacture in which Chicago
Occupies n Prominent Piacc-Chst with
a sand Blast Nan-NIaking . Rub"
Another Process.
A costly folding bed stood in the front
hall Of a mansion on Washington bOule-
ward. The furniture men had just left II
and had returned to the store to secure
| the additional help required TO handle it.
The lady of the house had callers in the
parlor who rose to go before the furniture
handlers returned. 1t was an elegant
bed, and as the ladies passed to admire it
the mistress pulled the gilded handl. at
the side and the couch magcally uhyoked
itself from the perpendicular part and
slowly descended The good lady had
| intended to show her friends how easily
| it worked. but had miscalculated the dis
| tance between the bed and the inner
| lights Of the vestibule door. Result, a
| crash, half bushel of fragments of deco
rated glass, and u $50 job for the sand
| blast man The smashed doorlightr had
| borne an original design. the central figure
| being monogram formed by the initials
| Of the name Of the master OF the house.
! The glass had been set for three years,
| and when the sand blast man ascertained
| this he turned to his books and found this
entry:
Peter Wintringham, rub Sept. 4,
1894, folio ., page l52."
He touched an electric bell. had folio 0
! brought in, in which, at page 152, he
| found proof Of Peter Wintringhams
door lights. On the proof was the legend:
Stencil 1854" He touched another elcc-
| trio bell; to the workman who answered it
he said: duplicate 9,s6i," and Peter
| Wintringham's vesti5ule presented its
normal appearance the following week.
HOW TO MAKE Grub"
Before the sand blaster sent the lights to
Wintringham residence in 1884, he made
a rub Of them, and this is how it is
done:
Put piece Of paper on the glass you
wish to get the pattern from, and rub the
paper with piece of ''heelbali'' such as
| is commonly used by shoemakers The
paper must he held firmly in its place, SO
as not to slip, il you wish TO get correct
copy. If necessary, get assistance in hold
ing it.
| "What Is sand blasting," asked the
writer Of Chicago man whose life has
been spent in decorating glass. The
grinding or decorating of glass with sand
"A secret process, the inside facts of
which we cannot disclose Come up stairs
| and see a sand blast machine The ma
chine suggests cider mill in shape or a
| cheese press. At any rate it's a novel
| creation which the artist faithfully rep
| resents. The glass is laid on rubber belts
at the side and is then fed into the MA
chine. As soon as it disappears from
view some rubber flaps come down and
| prevent the pressure in the interior from
escaping This pressure Is exerted by
| wind and sand-a twenty horse power
engine being required to raise the "blow"
which drives the sand to the glass. Look
| ing through the window in the center Of
the machine ''gun" is disclosed. 1t has
large, mouth shaped opening. ut which
It is loaded with twenty horse power am
muniticn of wind and sand Before the
ammunition is allowed to leave the gun
the aperture narrows to about one-siXtb
the width Of the loading point This con-
ienses the sand so that when it leaves the
gun it strikes the glass with such force
as to eat into the surface. When the glass
has been thus exposed it passes out Of the
machine on rubber belts at the opposite
side This process is called grinding and
feet in day.
THE DECORATIVE PART.
Now for the decorative part. Suppose
the sandblaster wishes TO present on u
square of glass certain design. He SIM
ply covers the surface with beswaX ard
| y certain mixture laid on over the glass
in exact duplicate Of the design Irsired.
The glass passes into the machine. The
to, fr,, bo Ir,f fir,.,
it grinds only the exposed parts. The
portion covered with teeswax and the
secret mixture Is not touched by the sand,
and when the plate emerges from the
machine and the wax, etc, are washed
of, behold the design standing out IN
sharp contrast TO the ground surface
which the sand has scarified.
This is the A B c of sand blasting. The
process Is susceptible of much elaboration,
and one improvement, which WIS patented
last year by a Chicago gentleman, is called
the "Ammograph." The pictures are first
drawn on the back of the glass by the
artist with a color which will resist the
action of the sand blast. 1t is then sub
jected to the stream of sand, which cuts
the glass in all parts which are not covered
more or less by the resistant. The resist
!, ant Is then washed OF clear, leaving the
pictures cut into the glass. they are next
silvered over. If desired, to give greater
brilliancy. The effect is that of multi
pIicity of colors. but TO paint or coloring
J of any kind is used. the effect being OBJ
tained by the different shades Of the glass
, !tself-Chicago Herald.
Mabel, the three -nontl old daughter Of
, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick. Of Plum and
: Columbia streets, died last evening OF
diphtheria. The funeral will occur tomor
row. Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick have the
sympathy Of all in their affection.
Don't forget the grand concert given BY
1 the Cincinnati Conservatory Of Muse al
) Blacks, Nov. Il. The performers will be
Misses Maggie McClorey and Hattie Green
fielder, and Messrs. George Magrath and
. Jacob Bloom.
$ No. union X. OF L. meeting will be held
in Mad River hall Sunday afternoon. OF
account of the funeral of MI. &. w, Kneis